Screen capture of former American President Richard Milhous Nixon (1913 - 1994) rubs his head during an interview on 'Frost On America,' a television program hosted by British newscaster Sir David Frost, Monarch Bay, California, April 1977. (Photo by John Bryson/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Former president Richard Nixon resigned on August 9, 1974, in the midst of an impeachment proceeding surrounding his knowledge of a break-in at a Democratic office at the Watergate Hotel.

Several news outlets including The Washington Post attempted to draw similarities between President Donald Trump’s rise to power and Nixon’s final days in the White House.

FBI Director James Comey launched an investigation into Democratic claims that members of Trump’s campaign team colluded with members of Russian leadership in an attempt to influence the outcome of the election in their favor. The president ordered his firing citing a recommendation that Comey was unable to effectively lead the Bureau.

Dingell served in the U.S. House of Representatives for 60 years, where he became Dean of the body until he decided not to run for office in the 2014 “surge.”

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